Treasury of Magical Tales from Around the World

Treasury of Magical Tales from Around the World — page 9
Dancing Water is beautiful But it can’t compare to the Singing Apple That will make you supremely happy Your brothers will get it for you if they love you The sister asked the same brother to bring her the Singing Apple Once more he passed by hermits who gave him instructions He arrived at the mountaintop and made it past the giant swordsmen and the door that kept opening and closing and the lions He came to a pair of garden shears They were closed So he waited When the shears opened he went past them and saw a tree with an apple on top He climbed the tree snatched that apple and rode home Meanwhile the aunts laughed for surely that nephew couldn’t have been lucky enough to survive the journey twice But then he reappeared with the Singing Apple The aunts ran for the old nursemaid who then ran for the sister This time the nursemaid told the girl that to become wildly happy she needed the Speaking Bird The same brother went off in search of the Speaking Bird He met 16